Parenting Quotes · Page 346

“All parents damage their children. This was their life together. Neglect. Violence. Silence.”

— Mitch Albom

“Mother is the name for God on the lips and hearts of children.”

— Dia Reeves

I think daughters can change the perception of their fathers.

— Ruth Bader Ginsburg

“...'My father called me an enthusiast. I am enthusiastic about things. A lot of things.' - Mary”

— Joseph Monninger

When I get married I want a mother in law that will adore me and one that I'll actually like.

— Anonymous

Mother beat the hell out of us. She'd have wild outbursts.

— Burt Lancaster

I had to learn to respect the relationship my son had with his father outside of the three of us.

— Domino Kirke

Both of my parents worked incredibly hard, and eating out was a treat.

— Christina Tosi

Sometimes being a parent means I have to miss out on some of the things I enjoy. Its part of the sacrifice.

— Anonymous

Sometimes a nickname is used instead of the real name. But a nickname may offend either the one named or the parents…

— Russell M. Nelson

My mother saved hundreds of animals in her life. Wherever she encountered and injured or needy or abandoned animal, she brought it…

— Cheryl Strayed

North Koreans are forced to work at state jobs in a moribund economy. Countless parents watch their children go to bed hungry.…

— Lee Hyeon-seo

My father is passionately Welsh, he had it drilled into him as a kid. They're very proud of their flag and their…

— Lee Evans

As a mother would see her child, you should see the whole world as a beautiful place that God has created for…

— Nirmala Srivastava

My mother gave me a choice. She said, 'Would you like to take singing lessons or piano.' I'm glad I chose piano.

— McCoy Tyner

We all know that television is better for women as they get into their 40s. You could be more three-dimensional, not just…

— Dana Delany

“I was raised by my parents to believe that you had a moral obligation to try and save the world. You sent…

— Anne Lamott

I was 7 or 8, and my parents gave me a rod and reel as a way to get me out of…

— Jeremy Wade

“Our parents encouraged us to follow our dreams and told us that if we wanted to do something, we could do it.…

— Tony Dungy

Shoes divide men into three classes. Some men wear their father's shoes. They make no decisions of their own. Some are unthinkingly…

— S. D Gordon

Being a father, being a husband, you don't always have all the answers. When a problem comes up, we have a discussion.…

— Marlon Vera

I grew up in a very fundamentalist, evangelical Christian household. Both my parents were born-again - their faith infused every aspect of…

— Craig Thompson

It is the teaching of the Bible and of sound Political ethics that the education of children belongs to the sphere of…

— Robert Dabney

It's very important for the parents of young autistic children to encourage them to talk, or for those that don't talk, to…

— Temple Grandin

Everybody knows how to raise children, except the people who have them.

— Anonymous

My mother is very short - four-eleven. She could walk under tables and never hit her head.

— Mel Brooks

Being a parent and having two young kids, I buy Blu-rays and DVDs all the time. It's like buying a toy.

— Rob Letterman

When I was a kid, my parents were happy to buy me clothes; they provided for me.

— Nick Wooster

In every Filipino family, the children always want to help the parents... that was my goal.

— apl.de.ap

My mother would be the person all of my friends would go to for advice.

— Tory Burch

I always studied because I knew I had to. I needed to survive and take care of my mother.

— Maria das Gracas Silva Foster

I'm used to having strong women around me. My mother was. My wife is. I like their strong mentality.

— Sol Campbell

Any child who has lost a parent probably knows every single photograph in existence of that parent.

— Aisling Bea

I will never understand how a mother can kill her own baby and not get away with it.

— Anthony Jeselnik

Children are educated by what the grown-up is and not by his talk.

— Carl Jung

Like I said on my bio on my webpage, I was born at an early age, I was close to my mother.

— Peter Jurasik

“Can you become a man without becoming your father?”

— Hisham Matar

I was not an ideal parent, and there were things that I did right and things I did wrong.

— Jimmy Barnes

Happy Father's Day to someone who knew long before me that all the boys I brought home were jerks.

— Anonymous

“It’s Christabel,” Chris said finally. “After my mother.”

— Django Wexler